Edna St. Vincent Millay

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We were very tired, we were very merry—We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry.It was bare and bright, and smelled like a stable—But we looked into a fire, we leaned across a table,We lay on a hill-top underneath the moon;And the whistles kept blowing, and the dawn came soon.

We were very tired, we were very merry—We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry;And you ate an apple, and I ate a pear,From a dozen of each we had bought somewhere;And the sky went wan, and the wind came cold,And the sun rose dripping, a bucketful of gold.

We were very tired, we were very merry,We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry.We hailed, "Good morrow, mother!" to a shawl-covered head,And bought a morning paper, which neither of us read;And she wept, "God bless you!" for the apples and pears,And we gave her all our money but our subway fares.